If you visit Virginia Beach during the warmer months, you may be welcomed by some very special ambassadors: the friendly bottlenose dolphins who migrate through our waters this time of year. The Chesapeake DolphinWatch app, which relies on citizen science to monitor dolphin activity in the nation’s largest estuary, records nearly 2,000 dolphin sightings each year in and around the Chesapeake Bay. An up-close and personal encounter with your new finny friends — whether by boat, kayak, SUP or spotting them from your dinner spot in Lynnhaven Marina — is sure to make your memories of Virginia Beach equal parts salty and sweet.
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